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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:56:10AM -0500, Russell Bryant wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> One of the bits of feedback that came from the "Nova Project Structure
> and Process" session at the design summit was that it would be nice to
> skip having blueprints for smaller items.
> 
> In an effort to capture this, I updated the blueprint review criteria
> [1] with the following:
> 
>   Some blueprints are closed as unnecessary. Blueprints are used for
>   tracking significant development efforts. In general, small and/or
>   straight forward cleanups do not need blueprints. A blueprint should
>   be filed if:
> 
>    - it impacts the release notes
>    - it covers significant internal development or refactoring efforts

"Impacts release notes" can seem a bit nebulous. It shifts the problem
from
 
   "what is a blueprint required for?"

to

   "what is a release note required for?"

which can be just as ill-defined for many people. So we might want
to be more explicit to enumerate all the things that would typically
trigger release notes, and thus blueprints, explicitly

 - Adds configuration parameters
 - Adds glance/cinder metdata properties
 - Changes public APIs
 - Affects database schema
   ...probably many other things...

> So, to pick out some examples (not trying to pick on anything in
> particular here):
> 
> An example of a feature that should be in release notes:
>   https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/xenapi-resize-ephemeral-disks
> 
> An example of a major refactoring effort that justifies a blueprint:
>   https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/live-migration-to-conductor
> 
> An example of something I think is small enough to not need a blueprint:
>   https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/no-import-uuid
> 
> 
> Determining when a blueprint is and is not necessary is a bit difficult
> to define clearly.  I would appreciate input on how we can define it
> more cleanly so that it can be enforced by the blueprint reviewers
> consistently.

I'd also suggest another criteria for

 - Impacts cross-project interaction/interfaces

     eg calls between Nova & Neutron for VIF setup
       or betweeen Nova & Cinder for volume setup

Regards,
Daniel
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